{"id":88822,"date":"2022-01-13T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=88822"},"modified":"2022-01-25T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:38:37","slug":"citroen-bx-4tc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/citroen-bx-4tc\/","title":{"rendered":"Citro\u00ebn BX 4TC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the latest since the 2000s and a certain Mr. S\u00e9bastien Loeb, the French car manufacturer Citro\u00ebn has been known as a successful brand in rallying. A French car which set out to conquer the World Rally Championship in Group B time, but failed phenomenally in the process, doesn’t sound like it came from this carmaker at first. However, with the Citro\u00ebn BX 4TC, an all-wheel-drive rally animal appeared on the track, perished there and was buried as quickly as possible. All the more interesting from today’s perspective. If one asks around today, which vehicles were driven in the legendary Group B, one hears the names “Audi Sport quattro”, “Lancia 037” and “Lancia Delta S4”, as well as “Peugeot 205 Turbo 16”. After that it gets pretty thin for the most part. Some car fans may remember that Ferrari 288 GTO and Porsche 959 were also built for these quite freely designed rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attractive for manufacturers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, both of them didn’t make it into competition, because due to serious accidents, both Group B and the successor series Group S were immediately banned by the motorsport authorities. Rally fans who may have seen the “Slowly Sideways” driving in the supporting program of some rallies will know the MG Metro 6R4 and the Ford RS200 in addition to the cars already mentioned. But then it will be really tight with further entries. One of these lesser known cars we want to present here: The Citro\u00ebn BX 4TC. In the mid-1980s, Group B became more and more established. Huge crowds were attracted to the dustiest, muddiest, most remote tracks in the world. As a result, more and more manufacturers were thinking about a suitable vehicle to attract this publicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Own rally program at Citro\u00ebn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The general conditions were quite inviting: Only 200 examples of the planned competition car had to go on sale as a road-going homologation version. Otherwise, the manufacturers could choose between naturally aspirated or turbocharged engines, all-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive, and any body style that their own range offered. Although the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, a thoroughly successful car from the PSA group, was already competing in the World Rally Championship, Citro\u00ebn was also thinking intensively about entering the highest class of rallying. They even built various prototypes based on the small Visa and other models, but they were unable to hold their own against the competition. Finally, the decision was made to let the mid-size sedan BX attack. They selected one concept out of five different prototypes. Many parts came from Peugeot Sport to reduce costs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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